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12-26-2012 06:30 AM

Old Fool

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Yep to slow the body down, that's my cousin.

Brian

yup, and to hopefully hit the water legs first

11-30-2012 03:25 PM

TucsonJay

I have to agree! Never been any place but Firebird Raceway in Phoenix... but that brought many of the "big dogs" out!

Imagine a fuel dragster trying to hook up with a prop, a couple fins, and a rudder! Gets pretty wild, and they can't just bounce off of the guardrail!

After about 35 years away, I got back into the model building of my youth. One of the first things I did was get blueprints from one of the major hydro companies, then built some scale model kits complete with capsule, rudder, and V-drive!

Here are pictures of a couple I built from the kits. Of course I had to throw in some custom paint too! :-)~ After that are some that friends built, and the raw kit.

Eddie Hill crashed a boat, went over the nose into the water face first, filled his head cavities with water.

11-23-2012 04:54 PM

poncho62

Former Top Fuel driver Eddie Hill also drove drag boats

11-23-2012 04:50 PM

MXrider13

Drag Boat Racing has always looked really fun to me! Hopefully one day I will get to try it! I really like the Top Fuel boats.

11-23-2012 02:57 PM

Bad Rat

Had a little of that hole in the water to throw money in myself,, never did any racing, but might as well had,, went through 3 motors in 3 years, and that was just from a lead foot. but it sure was fun,,
finally traded it for a wake board boat,, which the kids enjoyed a lot more,, but I enjoyed the speed part,,,,
I decided to stick with land yaughts,,, its a little cheaper, and ya don't have to know how to swim,,,

11-23-2012 02:08 PM

MARTINSR

Quote:

Originally Posted by malc

Iīve seen the safety casules on other hydroplane racers, exit hatch in the floor.
I took alook at other drag boat vids and the Top Fuelers can really scoot.

Check this out from the link Brian posted, the pilot has a chute on his back.

Yep to slow the body down, that's my cousin.

Brian

11-23-2012 01:14 PM

malc

Iīve seen the safety casules on other hydroplane racers, exit hatch in the floor.
I took alook at other drag boat vids and the Top Fuelers can really scoot.

Check this out from the link Brian posted, the pilot has a chute on his back.

11-23-2012 01:07 PM

MARTINSR

My cousin Vern Amaral was a top fuel boat racer in the 70's and had a number of crashes, living on the edge of death that's for sure!